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View of Heath Street by Night

View of Heath Street by Night is an oil on board cityscape by the British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw, from 1882. It depicts a night-time portrayal of Heath Street in the London district of Hampstead. Hansom cabs are shown in the distance. Two woman are shown walking the streets alone, although they are not depicted as prostitutes. Although Grimshaw is best known for producing views of Northern English cities, he also lived and worked in the capital on occasions.The painting was acquired by the Tate Britain in 1963

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Bibliography

  • Robertson, Alexander. Atkinson Grimshaw. Phaidon Press, 1996.
  • Vila-Cabanes, Isabel. The Flaneur in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.